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Why West Asian conflicts send shockwaves through global energy markets

As tensions rise in West Asia, disruptions at major oil and gas hubs are shaking global energy markets, highlighting how deeply the world depends on the region's powerful producers

From border queues to $200K jets: Here's how the rich are exiting West Asia

Affluent travellers are paying up to $200,000 for private jets and enduring long border queues as the West Asia conflict disrupts flights, shuts airspace and leaves many stranded across the region

Trump sends official notification to US Congress on Operation Epic Fury

In his letter Trump said that the strikes were conducted at his direction on February 28 to protect US interests

Indian-American student among 4 killed in Texas mass shooting; FBI probe on

Savitha Shan, an Austin native and a dual-degree senior at the University of Texas at Austin, was fatally shot when a gunman opened fire in a crowded entertainment district

How Trump weighed diplomacy, then decided to go to war against Iran

President Trump's embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations; few of the president's advisers voiced opposition

What we know so far about the deadly shooting at a Texas bar and gunman

The shooting early Sunday killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others

Dubai's status as a Swiss-style safe haven begins to crack amid Iran war

Since the weekend, the UAE's financial hubs and holiday spots have been shaken as defence systems intercepted 165 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles and 541 drones launched from Iran

Why Trump is embracing US military power after years of caution

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq offered a stark lesson in the limits of military force. The Iran attacks suggest an era of postwar wariness is over

How Israel and US secretly tracked Khamenei for years before deadly strike

Israel and the US spent years gathering secret intelligence on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tracking his movements and meetings, before launching a precise strike that killed Iran's supreme leader

Asian shares fall, oil jumps as Iran war stokes energy supply fears

Japanese energy stocks plunged, with Eneos Corp. down nearly 6 per cent and Idemitsu Kosan down nearly 4 per cent

Asian banks' billions in Gulf loans at risk amid West Asia turmoil

Asian and Chinese banks, which have emerged as the Gulf's top financiers, extended more than $15 billion in loans last year - a record high and triple the previous year

Amazon Web Services' data centres in UAE, Bahrain damaged by drone strikes

According to company's latest update, the facilities suffered 'physical impacts to infrastructure' as a result of drone strikes, causing structural damage, power disruption

Strikes aimed at destroying Iran's ballistic missile capabilities: Rubio

Speaking to the press, Rubio made it clear that the primary goal of the operation was to neutralise Iran's ballistic missile and naval threats

You can blame Barack Hussein Obama, sleepy Biden: Trump on Iran threat

Trump said the Iranian regime's missiles already had the capability of striking Europe and American bases, with the potential of developing long-range missiles capable of targeting the United States

Iranian drones buzz across Persian Gulf after use by Russia in Ukraine

The Shahed drones have made a transformative impact on modern warfare, with Russia sending swarms of the deadly weapons into the skies above Ukraine on nightly missions

US court rejects Trump admin's attempt to slow tariff refund process

The Supreme Court ruled Feb 20 that Trump's sweeping tariffs on most countries in the world were illegal, clearing the way for the importers who paid them to seek refunds

Beirut strikes spark backlash against Hezbollah from Lebanon's leaders

Lebanon's Health Ministry reported at least 52 people were killed and 154 wounded in overnight strikes in the Beirut suburbs and southern Lebanon

Khamenei's wife dies after being in coma for 2 days: Iranian media

Mansoureh Khojasteh, wife of Iran's Supreme Leader had been in a coma since Saturday's strikes on her husband's office

Defending Israel, we are also protecting world: Netanyahu on Iran threat

About 10 people were killed and dozens injured in Israel in retaliatory attacks launched by Iran following the assassination of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israel operation

Limited flights begin from UAE to extract citizens amid escalating conflict

Long-haul carriers Etihad Airways and Emirates said they would operate limited flights from the country, where air defence systems were deployed to intercept Iranian missiles and drones